Metal Research Corporation

Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited

Tohei Ototani

Makoto Ebata

Toru Degawa

Kenichi Kusumoto

Gen Okuyama

Seiju Uchida

Akio Hashimoto

Kouzou Fujiwara

Takashi Satou

Kanicki Kusumoto

An iron base alloy is disclosed which consists essentially of 0.005%-7.0% of aluminum, 0.005-7.0% of silicon, 0.0001%-0.005% of magnesium, 0.0001-0.005% of calcium, 0.001%-0.002% of oxygen, 0.0001-0.002% of sulphur, and 0.0005%-0.003% of nitrogen, less than 2% of carbon, minor amounts of phosphorous and manganese and the remainder iron.

Iron based alloy having low contents of aluminum silicon, magnesium,

Disclosed is a clean steel containing less than 30 ppm of oxygen, less than 30 ppm of sulfur, less than 150 ppm of nitrogen, 5 to 0.1 ppm of Mg and 25 to 0.1 ppm of Ca.

Clean steel composition

A clean steel consisting essentially of by weight 0.0005%-0.5% of aluminum, 0.0001%-0.5% of silicon, 0.00001%-0.0005% of magnesium, 0.00001%-0.0025% of calcium, 0.00001%-0.003% of oxygen 0.00001%-0.003% of sulfur and 0.0001%-0.015% of nitrogen, less than 2% carbon and the remainder iron, wherein the clean steel is further selected from the group consisting of

Clean steel

A method of producing an alloy containing at least one major ingredient selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), and Nickel (Ni) and having low contents of sulphur, oxygen, and nitrogen, comprises steps of:

Method of producing an iron-, cobalt- and nickel-base alloy having low

The disclosed method is a method of manufacturing clean steel comprising refining molten steel by adding additives of from not more than 0.5% to more than 0.001% by weight of molten steel to the molten steel bath, in vacuo or a non-oxidizing atmosphere within a melting furnace or vessel made of or lined with a basic refractory material consisting essentially of 7-90 wt % of CaO and 90-7 wt % of MgO, which total content being 70% to 99.9%, and optionally included a basic refractory material consisting of 30-0.1 wt % of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, CrO, ZrO.sub.2.SiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2, ZrC and C as selected components, and obtaining clean steel containing less than 30 ppm of oxygen, less than 30 ppm of sulfur, less than 150 ppm of nitrogen, 5 to 0.1 ppm of Mg and 25 to 0.1 ppm of Ca. Said additives comprises Al and at least one optional element selected from Ti, Nb, Ta, B and alkali earth metal. 5% of a solvent can be included to said additives.

Method of manufacturing clean steel

The disclosed flexible refining agent clad wire comprises a core wire made of refining agent for iron, steel or the like metal, which core wire is clad with a metallic sheath that is made of iron or aluminum, and grooves are formed at certain intervals on the outer surface of the clad wire in a direction lateral or spiral to the longitudinal direction of the refining agent clad wire in such a manner that when the refining agent clad wire is flexed, the grooves are expanded on tension side thereof and contracted on compression side thereof so as to make it flexible.

Flexible refining-agent clad wire for refining molten iron group metal

Method of producing an iron; cobalt and nickel base alloy having low

Ti or a high-Ti alloy is melted in a container composed of high-purity CaO materials on its inner sides. The materials are composed of not less than 99% by weight of CaO, not more than 0.1% by weight of SiO.sub.2, not more than 0.02% by weight of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and not more than 0.5% by weight in total of other metal oxides under a non-oxidizing atmosphere. CaO refractories for use in the melting of Ti or a high-Ti alloy contains not less than 99% by weight of CaO, not more than 0.1% by weight of SiO.sub.2, 0.02% by weight of Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3, and not more than 0.5% by weight of other metal oxides.

Method for melting Ti or a high-Ti alloy in CaO refractories

The disclosed method of producing an iron-, nickel-, or cobalt-base alloy with low contents of oxygen, sulphur, and nitrogen comprises steps of melting the alloy in a crucible lined with a basic refractory containing at least 40% of calcium oxide; and adding at least one additive and not more than 5% by weight of at least one flux, based on said alloy, the additive being selected from the group consisting of aluminum, aluminum alloys, silicon, silicon alloys, titanium, zirconium, niobium, boron, and rare earth elements, the flux being selected from the group consisting of oxides, silicates, carbonates, and halides of alkali and alkaline earth metals, and aluminum oxide, so that the resultant molten alloy contains 0.005 to 7.0% of aluminum, 0.005 to 7.0% of silicon, and 0.0005 to 0.005% of calcium.

Method of producing iron-, nickle-, or cobalt-base alloy with low

A molten iron and steel is refined by feeding a compressed and deformed composite clad obtained by clading a core material of at least one of metallic calcium, metallic magnesium, calcium base alloys and magnesium base alloys with a sheath of iron, into the molten iron and steel at a feeding rate of 20-500 m/min. while deoxidizing, desulfurizing and spherodizing of graphite are effectively carried out.

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